Spoek Mathambo

We know all about indie and electronica artists looking to Africa for inspiration, but what happens when African acts take their cues from what’s happening over here? While there’s been a bunch of African acts giving us their take on hip-hop, Soweto-born producer Spoek Mathambo’s new album takes a much different road. Probably best known to date for his take on Joy Division’s She’s Lost Control, Mathambo’s Father Creeper is a study in new-school eclecticism. Mixing, matching and merging house, electro, post-punk, rock, dub and Afrobeat, Mathambo’s township jive is a restless, energetic, frantic exercise in sonic muscle-flexing. While Mathambo is at times over- showy and mercurial, Venison Fingers, Put Some Red On It and Dog to Bone are strong indicators of what he can do when he puts his mind to it.
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